Big Girl Bed

It's official Violet has moved into her big girl bed! Marc and I wanted Violet in a twin bed before her sister arrives in December. At first we couldn't find a bed we liked so I asked Marc to make her a bed based on Ana Whites Pioneer Bed plans. And it couldn't have turned out any better - I love it and more importantly Violet is in love with it.

So far she's had two nights and two naps in there and it's been pretty successful. The first night she went to bed with no problem, stayed in bed all night until 7:30am when she grabbed a couple of stuffed animals and stood behind her door calling for us. This morning she stayed in bed playing with her stuffed animals until we went to get her. 

Nap time is funny. She loves climbing under the covers and reading books with me laying down next to her. She is perfectly still until I leave the room. For the past two days she has then gotten out of bed to re-read the books to herself. She then climbs back into bed, tucks herself in and goes to sleep. 

I'm curious whether she will stick with this pattern or whether she will get more adventurous and start exploring her room and toys instead of napping. Or maybe we'll get lucky and she will continue to behave. I guess only time will tell.

... And I guess now would also be a good time to get working on the coverlet I want to make for her bed so she can have real big girl bedding too. 

Edgewater Farm CSA Week 15 and 16

I've been a little bit behind in keeping up with our CSA boxes for the end of the season. Week 15 we received carrots, onion, plum tomatoes, corn, Carmen peppers, savoy cabbage, celery, Hungarian hot wax pepper and kale in our box and I didn't even take one picture of it. I'm going to say it's because it was my birthday and also my parents are visiting but most likely it's because we opened the box after Violet went to bed.

I can't believe it's already week 16 and the end of our CSA box. I'm pretty sure I didn't keep a tally of everything that was in our box but I do know that there were tomatoes, lettuce, parsley, red onion, yellow onion, potatoes, and leeks. Violet had a great time exploring the box immediately pulling out the parsley and holding it up to her nose to smell.  

Then she spotted the tomatoes and wanted to get them out of the box. After removing the entire container she spent the next five minutes inspecting each tomato individually and making sure each one smelled right.

Last but not least Violet wanted to see how strong she was by trying to life the entire bag of potatoes all by herself. It was definitely heavy but she did a good job of holding them up for the pictures.

I have to say it's been a really great CSA season. One of my favorite parts about this CSA was the variety of foods we received each week in our box. There are a few items I wouldn't be interested in getting again - some of the hot peppers and the fennel bulbs. And there are many that I will miss during the winter - corn, strawberries, cherry tomatoes, and the hakuri turnips. But I definitely wouldn't hesitate to sign up for the CSA again next year. Not only for the produce but also to see how Violet reacts to the box each week. Perhaps next summer she'll actually help me cook some of the foods!